2009 Southeastern Louisiana Football Media Guide

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This Is Southeastern ince its founding in 1925,

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• Last fall, Southeastern had a record new

Southeastern Louisiana University

freshman enrollment exceeding 3,200.

Louisiana grow and prosper. Our mission -

Economic Impact

- to lead the educational, economic and

• More than $564 million annual impact.

cultural development of the region – ties

Spending by the university’s more than

Southeastern intimately to the lives of the

15,000 students accounts for an approxi-

communities and residents we serve.

mate $237 million impact, while faculty

has been committed to helping

and staff spending amounts to a $99 milQuick Facts & Figures

lion impact.

• Enrollment: approximately 15,300

• As part of the University of Louisiana

• Faculty: 700 (full and part time)

System, the impact of each dollar invested

• Student-Faculty ratio: 27:1

in the university is multiplied by eight as it

• Sites: Hammond (main campus), St.

cycles through the state economy.

Tammany Center (Mandeville), Livingston

More than 5,700 non-university jobs

Parish Literacy and Technology Center

throughout the state in areas such as con-

(Walker), Nursing Center (Baton Rouge),

struction, health care and food services.

Turtle Cove Environmental Research

• Construction projects (2001 – 2008)

Center (Pass Manchac)

yielded a $268 million impact and created an estimated 2,500 jobs

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